-Queen Elizabeth II prepares to sign a new anti-discrimination charter.

-Openly gay city council member Christine Quinn officially launches her campaign for mayor of New York City.

-Newly released documents reveal that the Regnerus study was commissioned to influence the Supreme Court’s upcoming marriage cases.

-The Colorado House formally passes civil unions.

-A new study from Denmark finds lower mortality rates for legally married gay men.

-The New Zealand Parliament moves a step closer toward marriage equality.

-A federal court strikes down Virginia’s “crimes against nature” law.

-Marriage equality is forwarded to the floors of the Minnesota House and Senate.

-IRS filings reveal that Chick-Fil-A doubled its giving to anti-gay groups in 2011.

-Ohio senator Rob Portman becomes the first Republican in the US Senate to endorse marriage equality.

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